WAGNER, Joseph
(b. 1706 Thaldorf, d. 1780 Venezia)
German engraver and print publisher, active in Italy. The pupil of Jacopo Amigoni, he was one of the leading mid-18th-century reproductive engravers active in Venice. As well as publishing engravings after such leading painters as Canaletto, he also worked on a two-volume set of engravings, Delle antiche statue greche e romane (1740-43), based on drawings of Classical statuary in Venice by Anton Maria Zanetti I (1680-1757) and Anton Maria Zanetti II (1706-1778). His workshop included such engravers as Francesco Bartolozzi and Antonio Baratti.
